Volume II Part 22 (1/2)

12.50p.m. 30.23- - 64 55 20 Cool. Wind north. In cabin.

3p.m. 30.20 - - 66 56 18 In cabin. Cool. No clouds.

Splendid night. Not a sign of cloud. Cool. White streak on the water (milky sea, like that of Bombay, caused by fish?). Finest weather yet seen.

ON BOARD ”MUKHBIR.”

Feb. 17. 6a.m. 30.17 - 66 - - 15 In cabin. Cool, clear, splendid. Forenoon warm and still. Sea gla.s.sy.

Noon. 30.16 - 74 - - 20 In cabin. Sea-breeze came up strong at eleven a.m.

3p.m. 30.13 - - - - 23 In cabin. Sky clouded all the afternoon--did not see the sun. Moon veiled--not a nice look.

Night very cold (s.h.i.+very). Wind Barri (”land-breeze”).

IN MESS-TENT, OPEN TO EAST.

Feb. 18. 6.30a.m. 30.00 - 61 - - 14 Cold and clear. Land- breeze.

Noon. 30.04 - 78 - - 33 Sea-breeze setting; land-breeze stopped. Sky perfectly clear. Sun hot. No end of flies.

3p.m. 30.04 - 78 - - 22 Fierce and violent west wind--a Gharbi, or exaggerated sea-breeze?

Sky quite clear.

Night quite still. Cold wind stopped at nine p.m. rather suddenly.

OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING SECOND MARCH TO THE HIMSa PLATEAU, SOUTH-EASTERN MIDIAN, BETWEEN FEBRUARY 19 AND MARCH 8, 1878.

The distance traversed comprised 222-1/4 statute miles, mostly through unexplored country.

On return compared aneroids:-- French .............................. 763 millimetres.

My Casella .......................... 762 ”

Difference .......................... .001 ”

Date. Time. Aneroid Ther. Hygr. Remarks.

Inches. (deg.)(deg.)

Feb. 19. 6.20a.m. 30.07 65 23 In big tent at El-Muwaylah. Cool land- breeze. Sky quite clear.

Noon. 29.82 74 23 At Wady Surr, under tree in sea-breeze.

Clear sky, few white clouds. Cold land- breeze in Wady Surr at ten a.m.; cold sea- breeze at eleven a.m.

3.40p.m. 29.60 76 20 At Safh Wady Malayh (Malih), in big tent.

Feels as if high up.

Night perfectly still, except a gust about midnight.